Trekking through nature can be invigorating and inspiring. In the first few minutes of The Four Seasons Season 2, however, your favorite travel buddies may describe it as exasperating instead. With a camcorder strapped to his forehead, Jack (Will Forte) rallies his wife Kate (Tina Fey) and old friends Danny (Colman Domingo), Claude (Marco Calvani), and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) on a picturesque hike in the first 2.5 minutes of The Four Seasons Season 2, which premieres May 28. Watch a very pregnant Ginny (Erika Henningsen) run circles around them all in the exclusive clip above. 

Created by Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield, the feel-good comedy series picks up its sophomore season with a spring trip to “the beautiful mountains upstate, which we make a joke about being a little too far upstate,” says Fisher. Everyone’s back together again several months after the end of Season 1 to spread the ashes of their late friend Nick (Steve Carell). Fueled by his marathon training, Jack leads the pack to Nick’s favorite vista. 

“Jack is trying to make every get-together with his friends this celebration of Nick, and fill in for his friend who died,” says Wigfield. Kate is similarly trying to step into Nick’s shoes for her own husband’s needs. “Kate’s spending the first half of the season trying to fill in the gaps, and it’s just not really possible. She can’t be that person,” says Fey.  “They have to learn that Nick is gone, and they have to re-form as a group in a different configuration.”

Meanwhile, Nick’s ex-wife, Anne, is ready for a new adventure, which includes embracing Ginny, the mother of Nick’s unborn child. “The baby ties Ginny in a nice way to the group no matter what,” says Fey. “With their friend gone, the group feels a little bit of responsibility towards taking care of this baby and being in its life.” But will Anne’s attempts to show up for her ex’s new child stop her from living her own life to the fullest? Is she “Anne 2.0” now, after all? 

Danny and Claude are mulling over changes too, as they consider renovating their kitchen — again — and are reaching a point where they may want more from their lifestyle. “Danny and Claude have been living at perpetually 35 for a long time,” says Fisher. Nick’s sudden death has Danny feeling more pressure to “make sure that his life has meaning,” Fisher continues. 

The hike is arduous, and petty comments might just slip out due to exhaustion (Danny really is sorry; he just hates hiking). But once the group reaches the top, they can’t deny the beauty of the view from the summit, which they all helped each other reach — physically and metaphorically — through their friendship. 

“I hope the takeaway is that these relationships — both your boring marriage and your friend you’ve known forever — can be something you take for granted,” says Fisher. “What we’re trying to say is that these relationships are your life, and they are profound. Slow down and think about how long you’ve been friends. Appreciate those relationships for how meaningful they are.”

Weather The Four Seasons of life with this group of ride or dies when Season 2 premieres May 28, only on Netflix.